Shochet

The Shochet (Jewish religious slaughterer) is responsible for the ritual slaughter of meat and fowl as well as its further treatment in accordance with the Jewish dietary laws (Kashrut). He inspects the ritual purity of animals and confers or denies right to consume them. The Shochet either ran his own butchery or co-operated with a Christian butcher. In communities with far-flung members as was the case with St. Pölten, he also butchered ritually in private homes.